Tether, a US dollar-linked cryptocurrency that was hit with a
$31 million attack last month, is pushing back against criticism,
calling it "uninformed
and baseless."

Legendary trader and director of floor operations for UBS,
Art Cashin, just sent out his annual Wall Street Christmas poem.
As usual, he mentioned some of the year's financial highlights
such as
the exploding value of bitcoin.

The New York Stock Exchange has made its first major
foray into the nascent digital coin space with
two new ETF's.